Chris concentrates a significant part of his practice to representing clients on swaps, options and other derivatives and foreign exchange facilities and transactions and related bank and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulatory matters; crude oil and other commodity purchase, sale, supply, storage, hedging and monetization facilities and transactions; and creating and maintaining special purpose entities which engage in structured financings, asset-backed financings and bespoke derivatives and transactions. Chris is also a member of the firm’s opinions committee and focuses on secured financing, true sale, non-consolidation and netting opinions.

Bank — as commodity swap provider to utility company on committed first lien/second lien natural gas hedging facility recognized as Deal of the Year by Energy Risk Magazine

Banks and other financial institutions — on interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity derivatives platforms and transactions for their customers and entering into related correspondent hedging facilities and derivatives services agreements with other financial institutions to hedge and support customer derivatives transactions and related collateral arrangements

Dealer and end-user counterparties — on early terminations and close-outs of swaps and derivatives transactions and related disputes (including determinations of Loss and Close-Out Amounts), exercise of set-off, netting and other rights and remedies in swaps and derivatives transactions, mitigating exposure in swaps and derivatives transactions to distressed counterparties, swaps and derivatives collateral and collateral valuation disputes, transfers of swaps and derivatives-related claims, regulatory matters arising from or under Dodd-Frank Act Title VII and CFTC regulations issued under the Dodd-Frank Act, and other regulatory matters under other CFTC and derivatives exchange regulations and rules relating to exchange-traded futures, options and swaps, including exchange of futures for physicals (EFP) transactions, position limits, segregation requirements, margin requirements, and physical delivery requirements

Bank affiliates — as intermediaries on committed crude oil purchase and sale facility to U.S. refinery owned by investment funds and related crude oil storage and hedging arrangements, and bank affiliates as sellers and purchasers on committed crude oil purchase and sale facilities to public and private energy companies and related crude oil storage arrangements